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  • They Make Gourmet Products and Pull Women Out of Poverty. Meet the Women's Bean Project.

    May 22, 2018 |

    Slate |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver

    The Women's Bean Project is a successful social enterprise that helps women experiencing poverty - for whatever reason - to gain the skills necessary to retain jobs through classes and experience on an assembly line. Approximately 93% of program graduates have retained a job after a year, an impressive statistic for most social enterprises.

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  • Opioid Crisis Compels New York to Look North for Answers

    May 21, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Supervised injection sites in Canada have prevented hundreds of heroin overdose deaths. Now, New York City is looking to follow Canada's lead with a city-wide initiative to establish safe injection sites. While the Trump Administration is not in support of such sites, experts believe that it is unlikely that the federal government would interfere with a site if a city is in support of it.

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  • With compassionate outreach, a city cuts its drug overdose rate in half

    May 21, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

    In Huntington, West Virginia, an team modeled off the highly successful Quick Response Team outside of Cincinnati is showing similar results in cutting down deaths caused by addiction. The Quick Response Team ensures that every overdose survivor receives a follow-up visit within 72 hours, a strategy that is also helping to build personal relationships and help them find more services.

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  • New Hampshire syringe programs: 'Meeting people where they're at'

    May 19, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New Hampshire

    Hand Up Health Services is a syringe services program that provides clean needles to addicts, also known as “needles exchange” programs. The program is only one of two in New Hampshire. While there's a lot of stigma behind these types of programs, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions shows that “ people who inject drugs are five times more likely to enter treatment if they connect with an SSP.”

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  • How one rural California county went from the state's highest rate of opioid deaths — to zero

    May 14, 2018 |

    Center for Health Journalism |

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    Response Location: United States, Portola, California

    Plumas County had one of the highest rates of opioid deaths in the state of California. So, 24 coalitions banded together and formed an umbrella group in order to address the problem. “Plumas County went from having the highest rate of overdoses in California to the lowest.”

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  • Harm Reduction

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

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    Response Location: United States, Kensington, Pennsylvania

    Hepatitis C along with other communicable diseases are often contracted through dirty needles, but programs in Pennsylvania are trying to reduce the spread through awareness and education as well as safe-needle exchanges. These approaches all put the person first in an attempt to meet people where they're at in the recovery while also providing help instead of punishment or shaming.

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  • Beyond the Stigma: Residential recovery centers offer refuge to NH moms struggling with addiction

    May 12, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Mothers who struggle with addiction often fear losing their children if they seek help. In New Hampshire, the Moms in Recovery program is seeing success by offering new mothers access to residential recovery centers. In these centers, mothers support each other and are incentivized to discontinue drug use.

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  • Housing

    May 12, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Though there continue to be stigmas and stereotypes around using medically-assisted treatments (MATs) for addiction rehabilitation, several housing units in Philadelphia work to make individuals using MAT as part of their recovery feel welcome. One such recovery residence, the Joy of Living, offers stability and open arms for individuals on MAT programs, many of whom are often turned away by other facilities.

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  • Reversing an Overdose

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A significant spike in opioid-related overdose deaths in Philadelphia has resulted in more people in the community carrying Naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication. Thanks to a standing order signed by the Pennsylvania physician general as well as a local health insurance company, obtaining the drug has been made much easier which in turn results in more lives potentially being saved.

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  • Healing

    May 12, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    To reduce the stigma around seeking treatment for addiction, the Interim House in Philadelphia provides a women-exclusive program that focus on treating past traumas through the use of dialectical behavior therapy. Based on the idea that women are more open to talking about their histories in women-only settings, the program increases trust between therapist and client as well as between the women attending the program.

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